As the king of Italy, did Carlo know how much money he had? In other words, did Carlo know how much financial resources he could mobilize?
I tell everyone very responsibly that Carlo himself doesn't know. Although he doesn't know, he knows that there is one person who must know, and that is the palace steward, Mr. Alejard.
It's a pity that Carlo has been king for five or six years, but he doesn't even know how much family property he has. In fact, this is also because he himself is not an adult. The treatment of adults and minors is very different.
First of all, minors have guardians, and the person responsible for managing the family property is the mother, Queen Margarita.
Although you can still use the family property, you must convince your mother.
Fortunately, my mother has not interfered with his need for funds in the past few years. Even if it is such a large sum of money to build two Venice-class cruise ships for the navy, as long as Carlo explains the reasons, he will still support it.
When he reaches adulthood, the power of property supervision will naturally fall on him. Some time ago, Carlo was busy with government affairs and had no extra thought to check the family property. Now that he has free time, Carlo certainly needs to take care of it. After all, this is related to his own money.
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"His Majesty."
"Let's get started."
Alejard, as the general manager, held a thick account book in his hand and began to introduce the current royal family's property to Carlo.
"The royal family currently has 37.14 million lire in cash and marketable bonds. Of this, 20 million lire is the third tranche that needs to be invested in the State Grid Company in the next week, and the second tranche of 10 million lire from the Ministry of Industry has not been paid yet.
Put it in, I sent someone to urge it, Mr. Stam has already said that arrangements must be in place before this Friday. The 10 million lira is used as motivation to return to Milan.
The start-up capital for the laboratory is currently needed. The location of the project has been planned and construction can begin once funds are paid. There is also 2.4 million lire to be paid as annuities to the royal family members this month, including 350,000 lire for Queen Mother Margarita.
Prince Vittorio 150,000 lire, the two princesses Yolanda and Mafalda 240,000 lire, the Duke of Genoa 300,000 lire, the Duke of Aosta 300,000 lire, and..."
In Alejard's words, the annuities of the royal family members are all vivid in his mind. From this, it can be seen that the annuity of the Italian royal family is not bad. Although it is not too high, it is at least very comfortable.
Of course, 30 million lire from the government alone is definitely not enough for the royal family, because the annuity provided by the royal family alone to its members exceeds 28 million, not to mention other expenses, such as royal travel and the cost of many personnel serving it.
In addition, the royal family’s real estate maintenance expenses in various places also account for a large amount. You must know that Italy was in a state of fragmentation before, and there are many ancient buildings left from ancient times. When they were unified, I don’t know what the royal family thought, and they took all the essence into their pockets.
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This has also led to the fact that there are many ancient buildings under the name of the Italian royal family, each of which has a wonderful history. This has also led to the royal family's maintenance costs remaining high. The annual maintenance costs of these ancient buildings alone reach tens of millions of lire.
At present, the annual expenditure of the royal family has reached more than 50 million lire. This expenditure is also very staggering. You must know that the Savoy family is not very prosperous, but its expenditure is so huge. If it were replaced by the prosperous Habsburg family,
Family, or Germany (its royal family is not particularly prosperous, but there are too many families with prominent grand dukes or princes), its expenditures in this area are even greater.
Therefore, starting from the first generation of Italian King Victor Emmanuel II, the royal family has tried to expand its family industry so that its family industry can catch up with the royal family's expenses.
After years of hard work, especially after Carlo came to power, this goal has been basically achieved. Although Carlo failed to control the rights in the past few years, he did have a lot of involvement in the family business. Apart from anything else, he is still the most popular among future generations.
I know, so under his guidance, the royal family's industry has grown well, and the annual income can basically reach over 50 million, which is enough to ensure a balance of payments.
Otherwise, how would he dare to directly propose building warships for the Navy? Although this is to win over the Navy, at least he must make the people in charge of the money willing to pay for it.
Carlo, who now had a different identity, did not interrupt what Chief Alejandr was saying and continued to listen to his story.
After talking about expenses, Alejard talked about income. "Your Majesty, the family's current investment income is not small. Its foreign investment companies and financial market operations allow it to achieve an annual income of 10-15 million lire.
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After talking about foreign investments, Alejard continued. "As for domestic investment, the family's investment income in various places in Italy reached 26-28 million lire. In addition, in the agricultural and animal husbandry industry, the family probably did not receive 6.5 million lire."
, additional properties for rent and sale,
The income from the sanatorium and the sale of various royal souvenirs can also provide the family with an income of about 5 million lire every year. Of course, I did not include the scientific research projects that His Majesty has funded and invested in the past few years, but according to my estimates, the income
It’s going to be pretty amazing.”
Alejard said at the end, it was a small compliment to Carlo. If Alejard, who was like an old fox, could praise him, Carlo would have enough reason to be proud.
This is a joke.
If knowing the direction of history and understanding what makes money can't help the family develop and grow, Carlo can hang himself. Because he is too shameful and has lost the pride of a time traveler.
"Mr. Alejard, thank you for your contribution to the family. The family business has continued to grow because of your management over the years."
Facing Carlo's sudden thanks, how could the steward really accept it? "Your Majesty, you're welcome. This is what I should do."
Facing Alejard's courtesy, Carlo didn't want to get too entangled, because he had a more important question that needed to be answered by the steward.
"Mr. Alejard, can you help me calculate the value of the agriculture and animal husbandry currently controlled by the royal family?"
"Your Majesty, wait a moment."
Faced with Carlo's inquiry, Alejard immediately rummaged through the documents after answering.
"Found it."
Looking at the numbers on the document, Director Alejard reported truthfully. "Your Majesty, the agriculture and animal husbandry currently controlled by the family is mainly distributed in Turin, Milan and Sardinia, and also in Sicily, Naples and Rome.
We also have quite a few. Their total value should be between 870 and 910 million lire. Of course, there is no way to give a specific number, so we can only make a rough estimate."
Facing the figures given by Director Alejandro, Carlo made up his mind.
"What do you think about getting rid of these agricultural and animal husbandry industries?"
